Garth Crooks appears to have become obsessed with footballers' haircuts this season, mentioning them five times in his team of the week selections.

The BBC pundit only mentioned haircuts twice in all of his team of the week selections last season.

The first time was in December when he said this of Thibaut Courtois: “In fact he looks rather ungainly - sporting his preppy hairstyle - but who cares?”

Remember that “who cares” line, because it becomes clear that he REALLY cares.

Do not have oddly coloured hair around this man (Image: @BBCMOTD/Twitter)

The subject of players’ grooming habits didn’t seem to trouble him again until March 19 when he had this to say about Paul Pogba:

“The only interesting feature about United's record signing these days are his meticulous haircuts. If the Frenchman put as much effort into his game as he does in his hair there's no telling what he could achieve.”

Those were the only two mentions of haircuts we were able to find in Garth’s team of the week selections from last season.

Pogba's hair attracted Crooks' ire at the weekend (Image: Reuters)

However, there have been five already this time round, and the amount of time and effort it takes to dye your hair seems to be a recurring theme.

The first was on August 20 when Pogba was once again the target of Garth’s hair-rage:

“Apart from the ridiculous brown patch in his hair, he produced a game free of the showboating and scored a goal of real class.”

Pogba was also in the firing line when he played Stoke (Image: AFP)

Pogba was in the firing-line again on September 10 following his side’s draw away to Stoke. Crooks picked Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and had this to say about Pogba in his notes:

“I also want to discuss Paul Pogba's new hairstyle, which features a red streak. I only mention it because he clearly wants to bring it to our attention. There is so much for the midfielder to do at United and he still insists on behaving like an adolescent.

Granted, a hairstyle is not going to determine how well he can control a ball or make a pass, but it does say something about where his mind is at the moment.”

“The time and effort it must take the Frenchman to manicure and dye his hair - it was blue this week, and I dread to think what colour it will be next week - could be far better spent either on the training pitch or perfecting his English.

"The great Ruud Gullit said he spent most of the time sleeping off double training sessions and had no time for niceties when he was a player. That is clearly not the case for Bakayoko, who clearly has too much time on his hands and dye in his hair.”

Ruud Gullit had perfectly acceptable hair, says Crooks (Image: MIN)

Quite how long Garth Crooks thinks it takes to dye your hair we may never know, but it does appear that he has completely forgotten about Ruud Gullit’s extremely well-kept moustache.

Bakayoko’s hair gets another mention later on in Crooks’ notes, this time in reference to Fernandinho:

“Fernandinho is a model professional; no flashy haircuts, and certainly no dye in his hair.”